A Chardon-based eatery has opened up shop inside the vacant cafeteria located in the basement floor of the Lake County Courthouse in Painesville.
Lake County commissioners on May 27 approved a three-month lease with DaBoRo’s, which has opened a kiosk-type venture that offers healthy food choices initially including salads and wraps.
Owner Ame Taton said the kiosk opened May 28 and the goal is to provide food that is simple, quick and healthy. No wheat is used so all foods are gluten-free.
Selections typically range from about $4 to $8, Taton said. The food is prepackaged at her main store in Chardon at 510 Water St. and then delivered to the courthouse.
Interested customers can also pre-order food from the Chardon store and it will be delivered to the courthouse the following day.
“We were excited about the opportunity and look forward to expanding to have some specialty items available,” Taton said.
She anticipates breakfast menu items will be available soon, perhaps within the next two weeks.
For now, there is no set schedule at the courthouse kiosk for hours of operation, Taton said.
But the initial goal is to be open when there are trials so that jurors and others involved in cases and court operations can have an option to purchase food inside the courthouse.
The cafeteria space had been vacant since February 2012, when Barry Feathers retired after running a snack shop at the court for 34 years.
Commissioner Daniel P. Troy noted that under state law, running this type of food service inside a courthouse must first be offered to the state Bureau of Services for the Visually Impaired.
County Administrator Jason Boyd said there was no interest from the bureau so a waiver was granted to the county so that the lease agreement could be made with DaBoRo’s.
For details on DaBoRo’s, visit www.daboros.com or call 440-279-4807.

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